As soon as Luna heard his words, her calm expression was replaced by a look of surprise. Did Christopher actually thought of a way to promote this dish? “First, we can put the word out that we’re launching this dish, and it’ll be open for orders starting tomorrow. However, due to its expensive ingredients, we can only make one bowl of it which will be sold through an auction. We’d be able to attract a lot of people, and we’ll continue the same thing for the second day. By the third day, the number of people will surely spike. By then, I’ll tell you more about our next step.” As he sank into the chair with his legs crossed, he sounded somewhat sluggish as if he was some kind of a boss. Upon hearing his words, Luna bowed her head, closed her eyes, and pondered for a bit. Throughout the entire time, her chest heaved gently. When she finally opened her eyes a moment later, a glimmer of determination could be seen in them. “Okay! Let’s do this!” “It’s decided then. All we have to do now is gather the ingredients.” He smiled faintly and stood up from the chair. Just when he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and turned around. “By the way, Ms. Sears—I think you’ll have to talk to Scarlett. If she doesn’t understand what we are doing, she might…” At this moment, he had on a pained expression and looked rather helpless. If that young lady were to know about this Hundred Tonics Nourishing Soup, she would surely criticize him for fiddling around, and he would be screwed by then. “Don’t worry. I’ll tell her not to give you a hard time. However, I can’t guarantee she won’t find you in private,” said Luna as she teased him with a smile and looked at him. With the bright red lipstick on her cherry lips, she appeared to be devilishly enticing at this instant. Oh my God! This is my first time seeing her smile like this. How can she be this gorgeous? His heart throbbed at once, and he felt as though he’d stopped breathing for a second. In fact, he could’ve even sworn that he had an urge to jump across the desk and pounce on Luna to kiss her. However, he held himself back because all his efforts would certainly go to waste if he were to do that. Worse still, he would get fired immediately. Since he had nothing else to discuss, he hurriedly exited her office. When Luna saw his hasty demeanor, she couldn’t help but lift her luscious lips into a curve. After Christopher went out of her office, his next destination was naturally The Serenade’s kitchen. While he was on the way, he idly took out his phone which had suddenly vibrated. Just when he thought that Scarlett had messaged him again, he soon realized that it was a push notification from a news report. Then, he tapped to open it curiously. After the website page loaded, a clear-cut, black headline printed in bold struck his eyes. ‘Unknown Man Found Dead on an Isolated Street—Later Identified as Serial Killer from Ten Years Ago.’ Man in black? He immediately frowned, and an inexplicable feeling rose within him. He scrolled down to read the article; at that moment, he saw the man in black that he had killed yesterday night. “It’s him! He really was a serial killer!” As he spoke, he nodded and studied the details of the news. Soon, he discovered that the man in black had tons of criminal records—he had killed multiple women after abusing them and murdered several billionaires for their money. Worst of all, he had even killed a government official. Upon reading this news, he sighed inwardly and thought to himself, Good thing I got lucky yesterday. Then, he turned off his phone and stopped thinking about this affair. When he came to the kitchen, he saw that Scarlett was standing with her hands behind her back and guiding the sous-chef attentively. From time to time, she would nod and show a look of satisfaction on her face. He observed the surroundings cautiously and found that Scarlett didn’t notice him, so he heaved a sigh of relief. As he bent his body, he walked as silently as possible and entered the kitchen. Just as he thought that Scarlett hadn’t heard him, to his surprise, he heard her yelling in the next second, “You’re a minute late, Christopher! Where the hell have you been?” With a cleaver in her hand, she looked at him while swinging it before him. D*mn, does this girl have eyes at the back of her head? In an instant, he felt his crotch tightening. After taking a deep breath, he helplessly replied, “I was talking to Ms. Sears in her office. If you don’t believe me, you can go ahead and ask her.” “Hmph! I will even if you don’t ask me to. If I find that you’re lying, you’re screwed,” she replied with a snort. Then, she swung the cleaver toward the cutting board fiercely and put her foot on a chair. Christopher curled his lips and thought, She’s beautiful, but she’s too violent! I’ll conquer her one day and make her listen to me in the kitchen and in the bed! Following that, he grabbed a cleaver. In fact, his Knife Skills, Fire Skills, and Tasting Skills had already reached the Intermediate Level. In other words, he was practically a one-star chef. When it came to selecting ingredients, he would be able to pick the better ones within a short time frame, and he could also season the dish well. No chef with Beginner Level Choosing Skills would be able to perform this well. As for his Tasting Skills, Christopher could somewhat tell whether the dish was good or bad with just a glance instead of tasting it, and he could evaluate it even better after a light sniff. If he tasted it, he could distinguish the quality of the dish. Meanwhile, the best chefs knew what level a dish was at merely with a glance. As he looked at the ingredients beside him, he instantly heard the Thumbs-Up System persistently notifying him that his Tasting Skills experience points had increased. Just then, he took a peeled potato with his left hand, put it on the chopping board, and speedily cut it up with one chop after another.Glimmers of remnants were vaguely seen amid the chops, reflecting how fast he actually was. After he was done, he picked up some julienned potatoes and looked at them carefully. Ding! “Congratulations to the Host for increasing proficiency in Knife Skills! Experience points have increased by 20.” Ding! “Congratulations to the Host for increasing proficiency in Knife Skills! Experience points have increased by 20.” Ding! “Congratulations to the Host for increasing proficiency in Knife Skills! Experience points have increased by 20.” While he was cutting up the potatoes, the sound of experience points increasing kept ringing in his mind. Currently, the increment of the experience points was ten times more than in the beginning. After all, his Knife Skills were already at Intermediate Level, so the experience points would certainly grow even quicker. Although the julienned potatoes this time couldn’t stack up like a cube, their width was controlled within three millimeters, and it was considered quite evenly cut. “Hey, your julienned potatoes look different from the last time!” When she watched how Christopher had sliced the potatoes just now, Scarlett was somewhat astonished, and there was a doubtful look in her eyes. “Why? Aren’t they just julienned potatoes?” responded Christopher as he pretended to be surprised. “Their difference of width is relatively smaller. Compared to the last time, there’s a significant difference. You’ve actually improved so much in such a short time,” she explained smilingly with an extremely gentle tone. With his mouth widened, he showed a grin and replied shamelessly, “Of—wait, what? I’m a chef who knows Dual Wielding, after all. I was cutting the potatoes with my eyes closed just now, and I wasn’t focused at all. Otherwise, the difference would’ve been zero millimeters.” As he was feeling too smug earlier, he almost had a slip of the tongue. Fortunately, he managed to react in time while he scratched his nose. Seeing that she had failed to bait him, she snorted and said, “Hmph! I’ll expose you one day!” Then, Scarlett glared at him fiercely and strode away with her long, slender legs. Christopher smiled and thought to himself, It’s pretty fun to have a battle-of-wits with this young lady from time to time! Following that, he paid no attention to her and found some other ingredients to cut up. After he was done, he tried cooking several dishes. With his Fire Skills at Intermediate Level, he realized that the dishes he cooked smelled significantly better, and they were rarely overcooked or burnt. Before this, he felt that he couldn’t bring out the best flavor of the ingredients; he would either undercook or overcook the dishes at times. Needless to say, his cooking had improved after his skills in every aspect had leveled up. After a whole day of work and with the help of bonus experience points, his Four Major Skills actually increased by approximately 10,000. Knife Skills Experience: 375,365. Fire Skills Experience: 376,548. Choosing Skills Experience: 373,159. Tasting Skills Experience: 375,416. At this rate, his skills experience points could reach one million after two months, and his skills could enter Advanced Level by then. He might even get lucky and draw some good stuff, so it was possible to achieve it within one month! When he thought about this, Christopher wore a blissful smile on his face. How wonderful it was to have the Thumbs-Up System! After testing his Knife Skills and the other skills, he felt relieved when he found out that he had indeed improved. All he had to do was gather the ingredients tomorrow and cook the Hundred Tonics Nourishing Soup.